Ms. McNaught ignores the students' bickering during their laboratory time. Is this a good strategy? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
There is no easy answer to this question. On the one hand, a teacher can promote social development by letting students resolve their own conflicts. On the other hand, the argument between Keith and Carol indicate that Carol is probably learning very little from the activity.
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Describe the process used in cognitive apprenticeships and give an example of a cognitive apprenticeship in a high school classroom
What will be an ideal response?
Mr. Jacobs wants to find out whether a new program for teaching physical education promotes students' physical development. He gives his students a number of tests before they begin the program (pretests) and the same tests again after they have been in the program for eight months (posttests). He finds that the students' posttest scores are higher than their pretest scores and so concludes that
the program is effective. What is definitely wrong with Mr. Jacobs' conclusion? a. Eight months is too short a time for such a program to have a long-term effect. b. There are other possible explanations for his results. c. Tests are not a good measure of physical development. d. The posttests should always be different from the pretests.
Including literature that accurately represents the range of cultures in the classroom
a. is not possible for most teachers. b. helps English language learners develop phonemic awareness. c. allows for increased linguistic transfer from their home language to English. d. d fosters honor and respect for students’ home cultures
Physiological tests (such as EEGs and ERPs) are particularly useful in research on
A. infants because their central nervous system is more responsive than the central nervous system of older children. B. adolescents because they often are not aware of their true feelings and can't report on them. C. infants and young children who are not yet speaking and therefore cannot answer questions or follow complex instructions. D. adolescents because their hormones make their central nervous system more reactive to physical stimuli than to words.